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Foorman, Barbara R.; Francis, David J.; Winikates, Debbie; Mehta, Paras; Schatschneider, Christopher; Fletcher, Jack M. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 1997
Examines effectiveness of three different reading interventions in reading disabled second and third graders. Compares growth in phonological and orthographic processing and word reading. Finds the most significant mediator of intervention effects was initial differences in phonological and orthographic processing skills. Concludes that synthetic…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness, Phonics, Primary Education
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Foorman, Barbara R.; Liberman, Dov – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
Comparison of 80 beginning first graders, half receiving phonics instruction and half receiving whole word instruction, found, for both groups, those above grade level in reading excelled in phonological recoding and application of grapheme-phoneme correspondence rules while those below grade level applied visual-orthographic knowledge more than…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Grade 1, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonics